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The 2010 Winter Olympic Games cost the B.C. government $925 million to stage and host, according to the latest figures released on Friday, but the tally does not include billions in additional costs associated with the Games.

Just in case you weren’t really sure how deep into this 3DTV thing Sony is, senior director of Sony Europe Mick Hocking announced the PS3’s update for Blu-ray 3D movie playback will be released in September — but it won’t stop there. Expect future firmware upgrades that give the PS3 3D rendering for photos (.mpo files), any broadcasts it can pick up on PlayTV, and even YouTube videos. Not running out the door to buy one yet? CVG reports the rest of the presentation was devoted to extolling the virtues of 3D to hardcore gamers in racing games, God of War, or LittleBigPlanet. Demos so far haven’t completely convinced us the PS3 is capable of rendering games in high enough resolution to satisfy, but if Fat Princess 2 features a good 3D implementation, someone hide our credit cards, please.

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PlayStation Blu-ray 3D update arrives in September; 3D photo, PlayTV and YouTube support to follow originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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By Tim Conneally, Betanews

64-bit editions of Windows have been available to OEMs and consumers for five years, and they have finally begun to exhibit command over the PC market, Microsoft reported today.

By June 2010, 46% of all PCs running Windows 7 were running the 64-bit edition. Three and a half years after Windows Vista launched, only 11% of users have installed the 64-bit version, considerably fewer than Microsoft claimed in 2008 when product manager Chris Flores told us “20% of new Windows Vista PCs in the U.S. connecting to the Windows Update were 64-bit…”

Irrespective of Vista’s performance, Microsoft evangelist Chris LeBlanc says there are certain factors contributing to the growth of 64-bit editions right now.

First, the cost of memory has dropped significantly in the last five years, a majority of processors are 64-bit enabled, and more compatible hardware and software is available today. Secondly, companies such as Intel are upgrading their internal systems to the 64-bit architecture.

Gartner predicted last year that as much as 75% of all enterprise PCs will be running 64-bit editions of Windows by 2014.

“On the surface, it would appear that the most obvious time to perform a move from 32-bit to 64-bit would be during an operating system migration (such as from Windows XP to Windows 7). Many companies feel that, if they don’t make the move now, they may have to wait until Windows 8 or potentially Windows 9 before another opportunity arises,” Gartner’s research said.

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Windows only: After fading from the spotlight a bit, spyware removal tool Ad-Aware keeps rolling out improvements like faster scans and Outlook integration. Now, they’ve also added the long-awaited virus scanning and automatic scheduler to the free version. More »









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Researchers have discovered two powerful antibodies that neutralize most known strains of the AIDS virus in laboratory testing.

Although it promised that a firmware update would solve the so-called "grip of death," Apple has now admitted that the solution is not so simple, and in fact may not even be possible.

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Slip on your fine silk smoking jacket and light up a victory cigar US Android fans, the latest comScore numbers are out for the three-month period ending in May 2010. The most notable trend spotted was a 4 point (up from 9.0% to 13.0%) quarterly increase in Google’s Android market share as all other smartphone OS subscribers declined. ComScore also saw Motorola’s slide continue, slipping behind LG now for a third place US finish as Samsung continued to bolster its dominant position. Expect the numbers to be jostled a bit next quarter when Apple’s iPhone 4 numbers are factored in. Just don’t expect to see the Android numbers suffer, especially with the Samsung Galaxy S launching on all the major US carriers before the quarter is done.

[Thanks, Jeremy]

ComScore: Android grows US smartphone market share as all others decline originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CTV News chief anchor and senior editor Lloyd Robertson says he will retire in the latter half of 2011.

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Rich text signatures have long been one of our most widely requested features. Some of you have tried your own solutions, including Greasemonkey scripts, browser plugins, and even using canned responses from Gmail Labs. Others have simply lived with frustration of not being able to change the colors or font size of your signature, or insert images and links. Either way, you’ll be happy to know that today we’re launching the ability to write your own rich text signatures right in Gmail.

The next time you log in and visit the Settings page, you'll see a rich text editor in the signature section. Here, you can customize your signature by adding pretty formatting, links, and images — or decide to leave things nice and simple.

Gmail also now supports a unique signature for each email address associated with your account. So, if you send mail using a custom “From:” address, you can use a different signature for that address. From the Settings page, you can edit the signature for each account by changing the email address that appears in the dropdown menu.

Currently, only the latest desktop version of Gmail supports rich text signatures and multiple signatures. The older version and HTML version of Gmail, along with the mobile versions, use a plain text version of your primary account’s signature.

Mel Gibson is being investigated in a possible domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend, sheriff’s officials say.

Both newborns and their mothers benefit from skin-to-skin cuddling, researchers in Nova Scotia find.

Up to $450 million will be made available to help flooded-out Prairie farmers, the federal and provincial governments say.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper tours Yorkton, Sask., a week after heavy rains forced 175 people from their homes and flooded about 1,000 basements.

Telescopic eye implant approved by the FDA originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Representatives from Microsoft confirmed to Joystiq that its new Kinect technology for Xbox 360 will work while sitting – a point of contention since Kinect was unveiled at E3 2010.

During its tech demos, Microsoft demonstrated using the motion-control interface to play games in a standing position – dancing around, fighting with lightsabers, and whatever else you might expect.

But from the outset, it appeared as if the only way to make Kinect work was to use it in a standing position, which had a lot of lazy people upset. Plus it just didn’t sound very practical. But according to Microsoft, as long as a developer designs a Kinect game to work while sitting, it should.

Scrolling through menus, watching movies, hitting the Xbox dashboard – all that stuff will work from the couch. If Microsoft knows what’s good for it, it’ll make sure Kinect works with a bag of Cheetos lying on your chest, too.

Via Joystiq.

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